Animal Cell Types

The purification of therapeutic products from natural sources was and still is restricted because of limited supply, and contamination of known or unknown origin presents a serious danger (e.g., HIV in blood products). In addition, bacterial systems are not capable of the post-translational modifications eukaryotic proteins undergo. Animal cell technology has been able to fill this gap and provide proteins of high quality on an industrial scale. Cell lines used most frequently for different production systems are described in the following sections.

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